Typical Whitetail Bucks are Typically Different

Typical whitetail
bucks are called "typical" when describing their antlers or rack. The term
"typical" is a scoring term used by the Boone and Crockett and the Pope and
Young clubs to define a set of antlers for logging into the record books. The
Boone and Crocket rules allow scoring of a deer no matter how it was killed. The
Pope and Young club requires the deer must have been killed by a bow and arrow.
For both clubs the only way the antlers scoring will count is if the
deer is killed legally according to all the area hunting
regulations.

In order to compare racks there has to be a method of standard comparison. It
can be a bit confusing, but Typical Whitetail Bucks have a symmetrical
rack that may have non-typical features. During scoring, points are
deducted for those antler features which are not symmetrical. The scoring is
based on a point system which is calculated after taking a series of antler
measurements.

Both Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young use a scoring system, but the
number of minimum points for being entered into the record books is different.
For Boone and Crockett the minimum scoring points for whitetail deer is 160
inches. For Pope and Young the minimum for whitetail deer is 125 inches. There
are also minimums for non-typical antlers.

In some states the typical whitetail bucks are well . . . typical. In other
words, most of the bucks have symmetrical antlers. When scoring the antlers,
the measurements document points and spreads. The points, of
course, are the projections growing out of the main antler stems, or beams, as
they are called. The spread is the distance between designated points.

Typical antler or rack scoring includes the following measurements:

Number of points on each antler

Spread from tip to tip

Widest spread

Inside spread at widest point of main beams

Length of abnormal points

Length of main beam

Length of typical points

Circumferences

Both the Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young clubs have online scoring
sheets which describe exactly where to take the measurements. If your typical
whitetail bucks total score meets the minimums, it will have to be verified by
an official from the club.

It should be mentioned there are two other clubs that score whitetail deer.
The Buckmasters and the Longhunter clubs maintain official records. The
Longhunter records are for deer killed with a muzzle loader. The Buckmasters
scoring counts every inch of the antlers and does not focus on visual
aesthetics.

Typical whitetail
bucks are animals of beauty to an avid hunter. It's a great source
of pride to have your buck listed in the Records of North American Big
Game.

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